Hungry Eyes Lyrics

A canvas covered cabin in a crowded labour camp
Stand out in this memory I revived
Cause my daddy raised a family there, with two hard working hands
And tried to feed my mama's hungry eyes

He dreamed of something better, and my mama's faith was strong
And us kids were just to young to realize
That another cla*s of people put us somewhere just below
One more reason for my mama's hungry eyes

Mama never had the luxuries she wanted
But it wasn't cause my daddy didn't try
She only wanted things she really needed
One more reason for my mama's hungry eyes

I remember daddy praying for a better way of life
But I don't recall a change of any size
Just a little loss of courage, as their age began to show
And more sadness in my mama's hungry eyes

Mama never had the luxuries she wanted
But it wasn't cause my daddy didn't try
She only wanted things she really needed
One more reason for my mama's hungry eyes

Oh, I still recall my mama's hungry eyes

Merle Haggard - 16 Biggest Hit (Eco)

Mar 2009

1. Swinging Doors
2. The Bottle Let Me Down
3. I'm a Lonesome Fugitive
4. Branded Man
5. Sing Me Back Home
6. Mama Tried
7. Hungry Eyes
8. Workin' Man Blues
9. Okie from Muskogee
10. The Fightin' Side of Me
11. Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
12. I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink
13. Big City
14. Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)
15. Going Where the Lonely Go
16. Silver Wings